Morningstar
Subtitle: growing up with books
By: Ann Hood
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780393254815
Subjects: Books and reading; American Novelists; Biography
Other titles: Morning Star; Growing up with books
Description: "Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn't foster a love of literature, Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the companionship of books. She learned to channel her imagination, ambitions, and curiosity by devouring ever-growing stacks. In Morningstar, Hood recollects how The Bell Jar, Marjorie Morningstar, The Harrad Experiment, and The Outsiders influenced her teen psyche and introduced her to topics that could not be discussed at home: desire, fear, sexuality and madness. Later, Johnny Got His Gun and The Grapes of Wrath dramatically influenced her political thinking while the Vietnam War and the Kent State shootings became headline news, and classics such as Dr. Zhivago and Les Misérables stoked her ambitions to travel the world. With characteristic insight and charm, Hood showcases the ways in which books gave her life and can transform--even save--our own lives."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: How to dream; title: How to become a writer; title: How to ask why; title: How to buy books; title: How to write a book; title: How to fall in love with language; title: How to be curious; title: How to have sex; title: How to see the world; title: How to run away.